Barren Information???

[bassbug48]

Just looking for some water temperatures..I know water is 2 ft above summer. Also what is the water like down towards skaggs...And how come the dam is not open?

[smashdn]

COE is absolutely tired of fishermen at barren. They figure that if they hold the water back up in the trees and all the fish spawn they can then jerk the plug and lose a whole spawning class. two years of this already. A few more years and it will be a useless to fish at but a great sea doo lake.

[rangerjohn]

I haven't been in Skaggs lately but he water temps on the river side of the lake are in the mid to high 50's. The fish are shallow and looking for a place to spawn, caught a nice string pitching soft plastics Sunday evening. Had one of my largest, if not the largest largemouth I had ever caught, I would estimate her at about 8lb's.

[GeoFisher]

COE is absolutely tired of fishermen at barren. They figure that if they hold the water back up in the trees and all the fish spawn they can then jerk the plug and lose a whole spawning class. two years of this already. A few more years and it will be a useless to fish at but a great sea doo lake.

You REALLY think that has ANYTHING to do with it.

I bet the people downstream appreciate holding back the water........it is a FLOOD CONTROL pond, you know.

Don't you think the RAIN we've had this year has anything to do with it.

Later,

Geo

[bassbug48]

8 lb. that is a nice nice nice fish.I have been fishing Barren for years, but I never have done to good with the Bass.Me and my dad have caught some nice crappy..down there..
But 8 lb bet she was fun to get in..

[smashdn]

You REALLY think that has ANYTHING to do with it.

I bet the people downstream appreciate holding back the water........it is a FLOOD CONTROL pond, you know.

Don't you think the RAIN we've had this year has anything to do with it.

Later,

Geo

Sarcasm, look in to it. I fish the lake probably once a week and hunt there atleast that much in the winter. I was a little puzzled as to why they brought it up to summer pool so quickly and as to why they didn't keep it about 5 or 6 foot down from summer as a kind of buffer. The COE doesn't have a problem letting water rip downstream when they need to. For the last two to three weeks the lake has been on a steady rise of 1 to 2 feet a week. And the outflow has been minimal at best, whereas before it was lapping into the cowpasture just downstream form the dam. I check the outflow and lake level everyday so I have a pretty good handle on what has been going on over there. Now as far as COE's motives or reasoning I can't tell you. However, I can get people who don't read in to posts very well riled up when they can't recognize sarcasm. I am sure that the rain may have had something to do with the lake filling up but I never made the connection, "thanks mr. obvious, your a lifesaver."

[bereabasser]

had 18.15lbs in a tourny last weekend,the fish a re definatly bitin.Water temps ranged from 56-58 on main lake

[bassbug48]

Wow nice bag did yea win......how was the water on the main lake...clear?

[bereabasser]

Nope took 4th...24lbs won with 2 other 18lb sacks in front of us...main lake was clearish to stained

[Joel_FOM]

COE is absolutely tired of fishermen at barren. They figure that if they hold the water back up in the trees and all the fish spawn they can then jerk the plug and lose a whole spawning class. two years of this already. A few more years and it will be a useless to fish at but a great sea doo lake.

While there might have been a few spawners left dry last year, we still had a decent spawn. I live on the lake and last year there were plenty of fry. It just depends on where you looked. The river at Bowling Green has been right at the tope of the banks for the last couple of weeks so I suppose that is why its coming up so fast.

[smashdn]

While there might have been a few spawners left dry last year, we still had a decent spawn. I live on the lake and last year there were plenty of fry. It just depends on where you looked. The river at Bowling Green has been right at the tope of the banks for the last couple of weeks so I suppose that is why its coming up so fast.

Please read all posts. Read my second post and it should clear up your misinterpretation also.

http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t328/smashdn/brr.jpg

Looking at the graph it is clear that the lake level was such over a long enough period that most fish (atleast crappie and bass) should have been spawned out while the water was in the trees. The fry should have found plenty of places to hide while the lake was up. Late spawning fish, such as bluegill and catfish, I question their spawning success. While I am sure they found the habitat inviting, when the water was pulled back down they lost the nest. I am full aware that not all fish spawn at the same time even ones of the same species but nests were lost due to the holding of the water up in trees.

I agree, the COE is not in the fish making business, they are in the flood controlling business. It is a shame that they are in the destroying ecosytems business and not in the preserving natural habitats business.

[bassbug48]

I do have one question say for example fish spawn say crappie with water at low level say 15 foot below summer. Then water level comes way up say 5 foot over summer would you lose the spawn????